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Marius Gjetnes, Department of Public and International Law University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
This article has identified the criteria that may reasonably be used when applying Article 121(3). However, since the status of features may vary over time, so will the result of an application. It is likely that the provision will excite controversy when applied to specific features. In regard to the Spratly features, it seems that none of the features can at present be said to have been proven capable of sustaining human habitation or economic life of their own. It thus seems quite likely that if some of the claimant states should succeed in their quest for sovereignty, they would gain little from the victory in terms of recognized maritime zones
